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(1) Section 5(1)(b) of the Children's Services Act 1996 is repealed .
(2) After section 5(1) of the Children's Services Act 1996 insert —
"(1A) Nothing in this Act applies in circumstances where the education provided to a child is education at a preparatory level or above at a Government school, or non-Government school, within the meaning of the Education and Training Reform Act 2006 .
(1B) Nothing in this Act applies—
(a) to a service principally conducted to provide instruction in a particular activity or sport; or
Example
Instruction in a particular activity could be instruction in dance, music or language or religious instruction.
(b) to a playgroup registered with Playgroup Victoria Inc.
(1C) To avoid doubt, it is declared that a service may be a children's service even though it is conducted—
(a) by an entity that also carries on a school; or
(b) at premises at which a school is also carried on.".
(3) For section 5(3) of the Children's Services Act 1996 substitute —
"(3) Nothing in this Act applies in circumstances where—
(a) children are being cared for or educated under an informal arrangement between a parent or guardian of one or more of the children and the individual (the carer ) providing the care and education; and
(b) at least one of
the children (other than a child of the carer) is being cared for or educated
in his or her own home; and
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(c) not more than 4 children under the age of 6 who are not students enrolled at a preparatory level or above at a school are being cared for or educated by the carer.
Example
A group of parents arrange for their children to be cared for by a babysitter or nanny in one of the parent's homes.
(4) Nothing in this Act applies in circumstances where children who are 6 years of age or over or who are students enrolled at a preparatory level or above at a school are being cared for or educated outside their own home under an informal arrangement between a parent or guardian of the children and the individual providing the care or education.
Example
A parent arranges for a neighbour or friend to care for his or her children after school.".